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Denning Up with Bucky Fuller on Bear Island

Maine, United States · Maine

Denning Up with Bucky Fuller on Bear Island

By Francis W. HatchFrom our August 1972 issue My introduction to Bucky Fuller (R. Buckminster Fuller, the architect-philosopher, that is) was purest slapstick with the zany touch of an old Laurel and Hardy movie. Time: a winter’s evening in 1916. Place: Harvard University. After a bout of study, I had slushed up to Harvard Square and the Waldorf Cafeteria around midnight for a snack. I had settled my plate of baked beans, roll, and coffee on an …Read Article

What’s New in Dental Technology and How Can It Improve Your Overall Health?

Health · Maine

What’s New in Dental Technology and How Can It Improve Your Overall Health?

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62 Maine Ice Creams (and Other Frozen Treats) to Try This Summer

Maine, United States · Maine

62 Maine Ice Creams (and Other Frozen Treats) to Try This Summer

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Celebrating 100 Years of Maine's Beloved Whoopie Pie

By Charlie PikePhotos by Nicole WolfStyled by Catrine KeltyFrom our June 2025 issue I. A Recipe for Success At Labadie’s Bakery, the 100-year-old shop in downtown Lewiston, cakes for the whoopie pies start going in the oven around midnight. At 3 in the morning, the person known as the filler arrives, presumably bleary-eyed. It’s her job to lather on the frosting. Two hours later, the capper comes in, tasked with applying the top piece of cake, p…Maine, Maine · Maine Read Article

Saco Illustrator Lewis Rossignol’s Sketchy Figures Are Drawing a Huge Following

By Sara Anne DonnellyPhotos by Michael D. WilsonFrom our May 2025 issue In a February 4 YouTube video titled “The Real Reason Artists Hate the Blank Page,” Saco illustrator Lewis Rossignol dons a new maroon suit and declares spastic war on a fresh piece of paper. “This paper has been through nothing, it’s pristine,” he says. “I’m not pristine. I’ve been through a ton of crap . . . I’ve made a ton of mistakes. I’ve hurt people’s feelings, I’ve ha…Madonna · Saco Read Article

Down East Magazine, June 2025

In this issue, we're discovering the legacy of Grand Laker canoes, tips for foraging edible flora, and the bittersweet history of Maine's iconic Whoopie Pie.Maine, Maine · Maine Read Article

The Art of Saltwater Fly Tying

By Will GrunewaldPhotos by Mat TrognerFrom our May 2025 issue Fly-fishing and Maine, together, bring a number of things to mind straightaway: the quicksilver flash of brook trout, trailblazing guide “Fly Rod” Crosby, Carrie Stevens’s iconic Gray Ghost fly, casting from a sturdy Rangeley-style rowboat, the quietude of upland rivers and streams. Ever since the middle of the 19th century, when word of Maine’s big and abundant brookies reached the E…Maine, Maine · Maine Read Article

Damen Shipyards plans to ‘print’ a ship to speed up production

Pioneering 3D printer project being developed with tech company CEADDrones · Delft See the Story

A Feisty Good Samaritan of the North Woods

By Mimi E.B. SteadmanPhotos by Dave RowsonFrom our July 1981 issue Jerry Elwell, Sherman Station’s best-known citizen, sits atop a stool in her home on the edge of the North Woods, 80 miles north of Bangor. As she chats, a commotion erupts in the other room and Cricket, a black toy poodle, begins to race about, barking frantically. “It’s just Falina having one of her running sessions,” Jerry explains as she quiets the dog. “It’s good for her hea…Patten · Patten Read Article

Does Portland's Oun Lido’s Live Up to the Hype?

By Will GrunewaldPhotos by Nicole WolfFrom our May 2025 issue Oun Lido’s chef and co-owner Bounahcree Kim, who goes by “Bones,” has a strong Portland pedigree. He cooked for several years at Cong Tu Bot, chef Vien Dobui’s lauded Vietnamese restaurant, and most recently worked at Miyake, the most venerable of the city’s sushi counters, and its sister noodle bar, Pai Men Miyake. At Miyake, where his brother is head chef, Kim was training to be sou…Portland, Maine · Portland Read Article

At a Harrison B&B, the Owners and Guests Are Tight

By Sarah StebbinsPhotos by Sean LitchfieldFrom our May 2025 issue Some of Jill and Joe Drew’s closest friends have been their guests at Harrison’s Greenwood Manor Inn. There are the Daleys, whose kids bounce back and forth with their brood between the single-family home, where the Drews live, and the attached former carriage house, where the inn’s guest rooms are located. There are bachelor buddies Ed, Mike, and Jimmy, who were among the first p…Harrison · Harrison Read Article

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